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Instrument Title

B-SAFER: Brief Spousal Assault Form for Evaluation of Risk

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Source Article

Au, A., Cheung, G., Kropp, R., Yuk-chung, C., Lam, G., & Sung, P. (2008) A Preliminary Validation of the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER) in Hong Kong. Journal of Family Violence. 23: 727-735

Response Options

Research assistants conduct the assessment and code 0 for absence of risk factors, 1 for partial presence of risk factors, and 2 for presence of risk factors

Survey Items

  1. Violent acts
  2. Violent threats or thoughts
  3. Escalation
  4. Violation of court orders
  5. Violent attitudes
  6. General criminality
  7. Intimate relationship problems
  8. Employment problems
  9. Substance use problems
  10. Mental health problems

Internal Reliability

Reliability information was not available.

Validity

Convergent, Discriminant, and Criterion-Related Validity

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Au, A., Cheung, G., Kropp, R., Yuk-chung, C., Lam, G., & Sung, P. (2008) A Preliminary Validation of the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER) in Hong Kong. Journal of Family Violence. 23: 727-735

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.